Khaleda talks to Ilias's family on Eid day

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Eid day talked to the family members of missing party leader Ilias Ali over phone and consoled them.
The former prime minister made a phone call to Ilias's mother and wife who were staying at their residence in Biswanath of Sylhet.
Musfiqul Fazal Ansaree, former press secretary to the prime minister, was present at Ilias's home during the phone call.
Contacted, Musfiqul said the chairperson talked to Ilias's mother Surjobanu Bibi, wife Tahsin Rushdir Luna and brother Askir Ali.
During the conversation, Surjobanu burst into tears and said they want Ilias and his driver back unharmed.
BNP central organising secretary Ilias Ali, also president of the party's Sylhet district unit, went missing from the capital on April 17 this year.
Law enforcing agencies have not been able to trace his whereabouts and Ilias's family expressed unhappiness over activities of the agencies.